New Mexico in Focus; 437; John Dendahl: On the Republican Party/Festival Flamenco 2001

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ENRICHING THE CULTURAL LIFE, ENVIRONMENT, AND SPIRITUAL >> TONIGHT, JOHN DENDAHL IS WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT FROM NEW THEN THE TIMELESS ART THAT'S NEXT ON "inFOCUS." >> Arcie: HELLO, AND WELCOME

I'M ARCIE CHAPA. JOHN DENDAHL HAS SERVED DURING HIS TIME IN THAT POST, AND LAST FALL HELPED ENGINEER OF LONG-TIME SPEAKER RECENTLY, HOWEVER, HE RAISED PARTY WHEN HE DEFENDED AN ASTUTE POLITICIAN, HOWEVER, THE STORM OF CRITICISM, CHAMPION OF CONSERVATIVE MEXICO'S DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, CONTROVERSY, MR. DENDAHL JOINS >> Arcie: THANK YOU, >> John: IT IS MY PLEASURE >> Arcie: YOU WERE RECENTLY WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES NOW? >> John: ELECTING REPUBLICANS. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT

AGAIN BY THE SLIM MARGIN BUSH, NOW PRESIDENT BUSH, LOST SO, MY PRIORITY IS TO BROADEN >> Arcie: WELL, YOU HAVE A LOT SENATOR DOMENICI IS UP WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO RACES LIKE SENATOR DOMENICI'S, HIS OWN CAMPAIGN, DO HIS OWN AND SO IN THAT CASE, IT ISN'T WE JUST HAVE TO BE SURE THAT BUT THE RACES WE ARE MORE THE GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY STATE TREASURY, LEGISLATIVE >> Arcie: NOW, THE DEMOCRATS IN THE LEGISLATIVE

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE SURE THE REPUBLICAN AND >> John: IN 1971, '81 AND '91, ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE, AND BRUCE THIS YEAR, GOVERNOR JOHNSON IS IN A POSITION TO VETO CLEARLY THE 1991 RESULT WAS OF COURSE, THERE WAS NO CHANCE THERE IS THIS YEAR. WE REPUBLICANS HAVE A GROUP WE HAVE GREAT DEMOGRAPHERS. LOTS OF EFFORT IS GOING AND IF THAT'S VETOED, TO DEFEND WHAT WE THINK IS OF SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT >> Arcie: WHAT DO YOU THINK IS WHAT PLAN ARE YOU LOOKING AT? >> John: WELL, THERE IS I THINK THAT THERE IS

FAIR MEANS THAT CITIZENS WHO ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES DID TO THE COMMUNITY OF LOS THEY SPLIT LOS ALAMOS THERE ARE MANY OTHER EXAMPLES THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN BUT THEY CLEARLY DIDN'T LEAD WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN FAIR IF NEW MEXICO IS DIVIDED TO ETHNIC GROUPS, PEOPLE INTERESTS, NATURAL GEOGRAPHIC WE THINK WE WILL GAIN >> Arcie: NOW, THE MAYORAL THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, POLITICS IS THERE A MAYORAL CANDIDATE

>> John: WE HAVE NOT MADE THE "NONPARTISAN" NATURE PEOPLE DO NOT APPEAR BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT PARTIES IT IS A CONSTITUTIONALLY IT IS LIKELY BY THE TIME THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WE JUST DON'T HAVE A DECISION >> Arcie: CHANGING THE SUBJECT REFORM PLAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE REFORM ARE GOING TO MAKE IT REPUBLICAN TO GET ELECTED DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? >> John: NO. TO THE CONTRARY, SHOWED THE PEOPLE OF NEW FOR INSTANCE, HOW BROADLY AND THE E-MAIL THAT I GET

ADMIRATION OUT THERE AND SOME FOR THE COURAGE THAT TO SUPPORT THAT AND BELIEVE I THINK THAT IT IS GOING >> Arcie: NOT FROM YOU DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT IN FACT, YOU GOT A FURIOUS IN FACT, SENATOR DOMENICI HOW EXACTLY HAVE YOU REPAIRED WITH DOMENICI? >> John: PERIOD FOLLOWING SENATOR HE HEARD A GREAT DEAL FROM NEW WE TALK ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN THE PART OF IDEAS, THE PARTY AND HE ALLOWED ME TO MAKE A GESTURE ABOUT THE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AND ON APRIL 7th,

STARTED, HE GAVE ME A BIG HUG AT OUR LINCOLN DINNER, >> Arcie: NOW, WHAT IS DRUG POLICIES AT THIS TIME? >> THE GOVERNOR IS ABSOLUTELY IT IS A DISASTER FOR AMERICANS AND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHERE ENFORCEMENT'S INFRASTRUCTURE I THINK THAT IT IS CAUSING US I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT GOVERNOR JOHNSON DOESN'T KNOW BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE A CANDID WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET WITH A SERIOUS PROBLEM, WHICH >> Arcie: ARE YOU GOING >> John: WELL, IT IS NOT AND IT IS PARTICULARLY NOT

ADVOCATING SOMETHING THAT'S SO, WITHIN THE PARTY, BUT FRANKLY, MY EFFORT IS BROADENING OUR BASE, PICKING >> Arcie: NOW, YOU HAVE RUN AND JOHNSON RECENTLY CHOSE ARE YOU GOING TO RUN >> John: I'M NOT GOING TO RUN WHAT I MIGHT DO, WHICH IS WHAT THE GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN, INTO A CAMPAIGN BETWEEN THAT WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE I LOVE BEING PARTY CHAIRMAN. I LOVE TAKING THE FIGHT GOING TO LOVE SUPPORTING >> Arcie: WHO DO YOU THINK IS RAYMOND SANCHEZ HAS SAID BILL RICHARDSON HAS SAID

>> John: THERE IS ONLY ONE A REMOTE CANDIDATE DIANE DENISH IS NOT GOING MARTY CHAVEZ IS NOT GOING >> Arcie: YOU KNOW THIS >> John: I KNOW THIS I WOULD BET MY ENTIRE NET BILL RICHARDSON HAS SAID HE IS RUNNING. >> Arcie: WHO WILL BE THE GOOD >> John: THAT REMAINS TO BE WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO OBVIOUSLY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ROB BURPO, WHO IS A LEGISLATOR FORMER GOVERNOR CARRUTHERS IS I HAPPEN TO THINK THAT JOHN SANCHEZ, RAYMOND

A GREAT YOUNG COMER, IS THERE IS A STABLE OUT THERE, >> Arcie: LET'S TALK WE ALL KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT WHAT IS YOUR OPINION IN THE SENATE? >> John: I'M WHAT I HAVEN'T YET SEEN IS IN THE REPUBLICAN FAVOR, AND MORE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, I HAVEN'T SEEN RESULTS COME THAT INDICATE THAT THE CHANGE THE AGENDA SEEMS TO BE I'M NOT GOING TO SAY TONIGHT BUT I AM SAYING THAT I HAVEN'T PUBLIC POLICY IS CHANGING >> Arcie: WHAT SORT

>> John: I'D LIKE TO SEE RIGHT NOW AND GIVE THE TAX REFORM BILL THAT I RAN ON THAT ISSUE IN 1994, THE SINGLE GREATEST PROBLEM AND THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE OUTLAY BILL, WHICH HE HAS IT WAS ALL THE REPUBLICANS REPRESENTATIVES WHO WENT UNTIL THEY GIVE US A TAX BILL >> Arcie: GOVERNOR JOHNSON ARE YOU GOING TO GO AFTER THAT I'M NOT GOING TO PROMISE HIM OPPOSITION, BUT HIS SEAT DOES THAT RAYMOND SANCHEZ'S DID, THAT MIGHT CHANGE >> Arcie: LET'S TALK A LITTLE DO YOU THINK THAT

TO THE INDEPENDENTS -- OF HIS PRESS CONFERENCES THAT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE PARTY SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SAYS IT HAS BEEN HIJACKED >> John: WELL, JIM JEFFORDS HE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE I'M TOLD THAT HE WAS NEVER YES, HE IS A REPUBLICAN AND YES, IT WAS A CONVENIENCE TO HAVE HIM AS A REPUBLICAN BUT THE FACT IS THAT ON JUST UNDERSTANDING OR BELIEF HE IS A BIG GOVERNMENT GUY. HE IS A GUY THAT BELIEVES THAT THERE TO SOLVE ALL PEOPLE'S

THAT IS NOT A REPUBLICAN VIEW. THIS IS NOT A DISAGREEMENT IT IS THE WHOLE PHILOSOPHICAL ROLE OF THE FEDERAL HE BELONGS IN THE DEMOCRATIC >> Arcie: THIS HAS CHANGED >> John: ALL OF THEM. >> Arcie: HOW IS THAT GOING NEW MEXICO LOSES CHAIRMANSHIP BUT IT PICKS UP CHAIRMANSHIP COMMITTEE, WHICH IS ALSO FROM NEW MEXICO'S PERSPECTIVE, SENATOR DOMENICI HAS THAT HE IS AN EFFECTIVE IN AND OUT OF THE MAJORITY, GOING TO SUFFER A BIG LOSS SENATOR DOMENICI IS GOING

AND WE DO HAVE ANOTHER >> Arcie: HAVE YOU SPOKEN >> John: I HAVE NOT, NO. >> Arcie: WHAT IS THE BIGGEST OR THE MEDIA HAVE OF YOU? >> PERCEIVED ME AS ARTICULATE, THE MISPERCEPTION IS NOT ONE WAS BOUGHT ON BY IN THE ADVERTISING THAT MEXICO IN THE LAST ELECTION, THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE FALSEHOOD. I GREW UP IN SANTA FE. I SPEAK SOME SPANISH; NOT WE HAVE A MAJOR EFFORT HISPANIC NEW MEXICANS BACK THAT IS THE BIGGEST >> Arcie: YOU HAVE BEEN

TACTICS AND PUNISHING IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT? >> I TRY TO BE THE COACH IF SOME WHO HAVE INCURRED I DON'T THINK IT IS I THINK IT IS SIMPLY THE JOB >> Arcie: AND YOU'RE LOOKING >> John: I'M LOOKING FORWARD >> Arcie: THAT'S ALL THE TIME THANK YOU. >> John: THAN YOU, ARCIE. [ FOOT TAPPING ] >> Arcie: FROM THE SOMETIMES

POLITICS, WE TAKE YOU NOW FOR TWO WEEKS EACH JUNE, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO'S THE FESTIVAL BRINGS SOME DANCERS IN THE WORLD THE ARTISTS ALSO TEACH OF STUDENTS THIS ART FORM, THE BLENDING OF GYPSY, JEWISH, FOR EVA ENCINIAS, AND DIRECTOR, EVEN NOW AFTER THE FESTIVAL CONTINUES TO BE >> Arcie: EVA, THIS IS DID YOU EXPECT, BACK IN 1987 WAS GOING TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL I KNEW MY DREAMS, OF COURSE, MEXICAN COMMUNITY TO EXCELLENT THE COUNTRY, AND HOPEFULLY

BUT I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT >> Arcie: AND IT HAS GROWN >> Eva: THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND WE HAVE 29 VARIED COURSE GUITAR, SINGING, DANCE >> Arcie: SO, THIS IS THE MOST >> Eva: OH, YES, YES. THIS IS CONSIDERED THE LARGEST >> Arcie: WHAT IS THE BIGGEST ABOUT FLAMENCO DANCING, IT IS NOT JUST DANCING, RIGHT? >> Eva: OH, NO. FLAMENCO IS FLAMENCO IS VERY MUCH DERIVED THE SINGING, AND FROM THERE THE BAILE IS REALLY THERE

>> Arcie: YOU'VE BEEN DOING >> Eva: YES. MY MOTHER MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A SINGER AND IT'S BEEN IN MY FAMILY, SO, WE STARTED AS SMALL >> Arcie: WHY HAVE YOU TAKEN TO DO? BECAUSE IT IS >> Eva: IT CERTAINLY DOES BUT I KNEW FROM A VERY EARLY THE EXPOSURE TO MUSIC OF CULTURAL AND SOCIAL AND FROM A VERY EARLY AGE, ABOUT TEACHING AND

AND THROUGHOUT MY YEARS, THE COUNTRY, AND IN VARIOUS REALIZED THAT THERE IS A NEED AND THE FESTIVAL, OF COURSE, >> Arcie: SO, NOW PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE FESTIVAL RIGHT? >> Eva: ABSOLUTELY. THE FESTIVAL IS KNOWN QUITE BY THE FLAMENCO COMMUNITY AND SO WE ARE FORTUNATE, STUDENTS, ARE ALWAYS CALLING BUT ALSO THE TEACHERS, THEIR CURRICULUMS TO BE ABLE OF THE PERFORMING ARTISTS

BECAUSE THEY HAVE HEARD >> Arcie: AND THIS YEAR, PRETTY GOOD ARTISTS YEAH. EVA 'LA YERBABUENA,' AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED SHE WAS HERE IN '98 WHEN AND SHE WAS RECEIVED WITH SUCH TO BRING HER BACK EVER SINCE, INTEGRATED INTO THE FESTIVAL, SO, WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD WE HAVE ALEJANDRO GRANADOS, A WONDERFUL LINEUP WOULD BE IMPRESSIVE IN ANY KIND OF CALIBER ARTISTS

>> Arcie: WHAT CAN THIS YEAR? >> Eva: WELL, THE FIRST WEEKEND, WE HAVE WHICH PRESENTS THREE MALE ILLUSTRATING THE PAST THE PRESENT ILLUSTRATION THEY SEE THE ART GOING >> Arcie: ALEJANDRO GRANADOS ASPECT OF IT? THE PAST? >> OF COURSE, A YOUNG ARTIST IS HE IS PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY, BUT IN THE FLAMENCO TRADITION, SO, HE IS REALLY JUST COMING

HE WILL BE ILLUSTRATING RAFAEL CAMPALLO, THE PRESENT, >> Arcie: WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS YOU'VE TAKEN IT PRETTY FAR THE INSTITUTE WILL BE IN, SAY, WELL, I ALWAYS WONDER WHEN BECAUSEEVERY TIME WE START BUT ONE OF THE VERY, VERY UNDER WAY IS THE DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE WILL INVITE ARTISTS TO COME AND WORK AS A COMPANY, AND TO DEVELOP A REPTATORY REGIONALLY, INITIALLY,

WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL GUITARISTS AND SINGERS THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO OF THE THINGS, ONE >> Arcie: IF PEOPLE ARE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL, YOUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, INFORMATION? >> Eva: THY CAN TICKETS FOR THE FESTIVAL THROUGH WWW.TICKETS.COM, AND IT IS A VERY, VERY POPULAR WE HAVE GREAT APPRECIATION SO, I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, THE FESTIVAL, TO EXPERIENCE >> Arcie: ARE YOU GOING TO BE >> Eva: ABSOLUTELY, AS LONG

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